Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Rhythm Heaven Megamix
ESRB:	- Everyone
PEGI:	- 7 years and up
CERO:	- All ages
USK:	- All ages

Rhythm Heaven Megamix (リズム天国ザ・ベストプラス^?, Rhythm Tengoku: The Best Plus), also known as Rhythm Paradise Megamix in Europe, and Rhythm World: The Best Plus (리듬 세상 더 베스트 플러스^?, Lideum Sesang Deo Beseuteu Peulleoseu) in Korea, is the 4th game in the Rhythm Heaven Series. It was released on June 11th, 2015 in Japan; June 16th, 2016 in the west during the E3 announcement; October 21st, 2016 in Europe; October 22nd, 2016 in Australia; and on December 1st, 2016 in South Korea.

This game includes 63 Rhythm Games from the previous three Rhythm Heaven games (18 of previous ones are located at the shop), 19 new ones, 12 "short" ones, 4 Endless Games, and 10 Remixes, making for a total of 108 games in all.

Main Game

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In the single player mode of the game, the player helps a character named Tibby get back to Heaven World 天の国 (Ten no Kuni, a pun on 天国 tengoku^?) (mispelled as "Hevven World" by Tibby) by completing various rhythm games and restoring the flow. On his way, he meets various characters, such as Boondog, Dieter, Shep, Donna, Hairold, Eglantine, Trey, Bertram, Betty, & Philip, who guide him through their various lands; as well as the Gatekeeper Trio, which consists of Saffron, Saltwater, and Paprika.

Challenge Land

Challenge Land is a new feature in Megamix. It becomes playable once the player clears the Lush Tower. It also allows up to 4 players, either through Local Multiplayer or Download Play. When clearing the course for the first time, Flow Balls are rewarded to players to spend it at Café. Those playing through Download Play cannot receive rewards, and are instead encouraged to purchase the full game.

Perfect Campaign

Perfect Campaign returns in Rhythm Heaven Megamix and up to 3 attempts are allowed before receiving the perfect. However, unlike from previous games in the series, some minor changes were made. Needing to navigate to the Rhythm Game where the Campaign is no longer necessary, as it can be accessed directly through the booth at Challenge Land. If the player missed during the attempt, the game ends with the message "You Missed..." instead of continuing like a normal game. After a "perfect" is obtained, the player no longer receives music or Reading Material; instead, each Perfect Campaign awards one Flow Ball, which can used to purchase Rhythm Items, Music, or Rhythm Games at the Shop.

List of Rhythm Games

The majority of games appear over the course of the story, where they are grouped into Stages of four; one from Rhythm Tengoku, one from Rhythm Heaven, one from Rhythm Heaven Fever, and one new. All towers have a Remix at the end as well.

The games in Honeybee Land, Machine Land, Citrus Land and Barbershop Land are shorter variants of the original games with new music and visuals. They take the original name and description of the games, while the actual original games are given new names, which in English often coincide with the Arrange games in previous installments.

Honeybee Land

Karate Man	Fillbots	Air Rally	Catchy Tune
File:Story karate man.png	File:Story fillbots.png	File:Story air rally.png	File:Story Jumping Road.png

Machine Land

Rhythm Tweezers	Glee Club	Figure Fighter	Fruit Basket
File:Story rhythm epilation.png	File:Story glee club.png	File:Story figure fighter.png	File:Story slam dunked.png

The First Gate

Coin Toss File:Coin toss 3ds.png

Citrus Land

The Clappy Trio	Shoot-'em-up	Micro-Row	First Contact
File:Story the clappy trio.png	File:Story shoot em up.png	File:Story micro row.png	File:Story interpreter.png

Donut Land

Bunny Hop	Airboarder	Exhibition Match	Tongue Lashing
File:Rabbit jump 3ds.png	File:Airboarder 3ds.png	File:Exhibition match 3ds.png	File:Chameleon Stick 3DS.PNG

The Second Gate

Sick Beats

File:Doctor bacteria 3ds.png

Barbershop Land

Sneaky Spirits	Rhythm Rally	Flipper-Flop	LumBEARjack
File:Story sneaky spirits.png	File:Story Rhythm Rally title.PNG	File:Story Flipper-Flop title.PNG	File:Wild Woodwork title.PNG

Songbird Land

Power Calligraphy	Blue Birds	Flock Step	Super Samurai Slice
File:Power Calligraphy 3DS title.PNG	File:Blue Birds title 3DS.PNG	File:Flock Step 3DS.PNG	File:Samurai Slice 3DS.PNG

The Third Gate

Charging Chicken

File:Chicken Race.PNG

Lush Tower

Spaceball	Dog Ninja	Hole in One	Sumo Brothers	Lush Remix
File:Air Batter Title.PNG	File:Dog Ninja title 3DS.PNG	File:Hole in One 3DS.PNG	File:Sumology title.png	File:Forest Remix Title.png

After the Lush Tower is cleared, the credits roll and Tibby attempts to return to Heaven World, only to crash back down. Some "powered-up" Rhythm Games also become available. The games in Honeybee Tower, Machine Tower, Citrus Tower and Barbershop Tower are actually the original games, but were renamed as the short variants in the respective lands take on the original name.

Honeybee Tower

Karate Man Returns!	Fillbots 2	Air Rally 2	Catchy Tune 2	Honeybee Remix
File:Return of karate man.png	File:Return of fillbots.png	File:Return of air rally.png	File:Return of jumping road.png	File:Bee Remix.png

Machine Tower

Rhythm Tweezers 2	Glee Club 2	Figure Fighter 2	Fruit Basket 2	Machine Remix
File:Return of rhythm epilation.png	File:Return of Glee Club.png	File:Return of figure fighter.png	File:Return of Slam Dunked.PNG	File:Machine Remix.png

Citrus Tower

The Clappy Trio 2	Shoot-'em-up 2	Micro-Row 2	Second Contact	Citrus Remix
File:Return of the clappy trio.png	File:Return of shoot-'em-up.png	File:Return of micro-row.png	File:Return of Interpreter.png	File:Orange Remix.png

Donut Tower

Rat Race	Fan Club	Working Dough	Animal Acrobat	Donut Remix
File:Cheese Heist title 3DS.PNG	File:Fanclub title 3DS.PNG	File:Working Dough 3DS.PNG	File:Midair Trapeze.png	File:Donut Remix.png

Barbershop Tower

Sneaky Spirits 2	Rhythm Rally 2	Flipper-Flop 2	LumBEARjack 2	Barbershop Remix
File:Return of Sneaky Spirits.png	File:Return of Rhythm Rally.png	File:Return of Flipper-Flop.png	File:Return of Wild Woodwork.PNG	File:Fashion Remix.png

Songbird Tower

Tap Trial	Frog Hop	Ringside	Tangotronic 3000	Songbird Remix
File:Tap Trial 3DS.PNG	File:Frog Hop Title 3DS.PNG	File:Ringside 3DS title.PNG	File:Waltz-a-Tron title.png	File:Bird Remix.png

After the six towers of Lush Woods are cleared, the true credits roll and Tibby makes it back to Heaven World, but something is wrong when he arrives. Even more Rhythm Games get unlocked.

Star Land

Ninja Bodyguard	Freeze Frame	Launch Party	Pajama Party
File:Ninja title 3DS.PNG	File:Freeze Frame title 3DS.PNG	File:Launch Party 3DS title.PNG	File:Pajamas title.png

Comet Land

Marching Orders	Munchy Monk	See-Saw	Blue Bear
File:Marcher title 3DS.PNG	File:Munchy Monk title 3DS.PNG	File:See-Saw 3DS title.PNG	File:Teddy Bear title.png

Planet Land

Space Dance	Lockstep	Cheer Readers	Kitties!
File:Space Dance title 3DS.PNG	File:Lockstep title.PNG	File:Cheer Readers 3DS title.PNG	File:Neko Clap Title.png

The Fourth Gate

Clap Trap

File:Clap Trap title.PNG

The games at Mamarin Palace are like the Arrange games from previous titles. Karate Man Senior notably doesn't fit into this category.

Left-Hand Tower

The Snappy Trio	Fan Club 2	Figure Fighter 3	Jungle Gymnast	Left-Hand Remix
File:Trio on Tour 3DS title.PNG	File:Fan Club 2 3DS.png	File:Figure Champion title.PNG	File:Midair Trapeze 2 title.PNG	File:Left Remix.png

Right-Hand Tower

Tap Trial 2	Jumpin' Jazz	Hole in One 2	Super Samurai Slice 2	Right-Hand Remix
File:Turbo Tap Trial 3DS title.PNG	File:Frog Night title.PNG	File:Hole in One Lady title.PNG	File:Samurai Slice 2 3DS title.PNG	File:Right Remix.png

Tibby's Mom

Cosmic Dance	Cosmic Rhythm Rally	Working Dough 2	Karate Man Senior	Final Remix
File:Cosmo Dance 3DS title.PNG	File:Cosmo Rally title.PNG	File:Working Dough Origins title.PNG	File:Karate Man's Father title.PNG	File:Final Remix.png

From the Shop

Saffron's Shop allows the player to purchase Rhythm Items, Music and Rhythm Games. All games in the Shop are returning from previous games in the series. Some of them can be played on the Challenge Train even before they are bought.

List of Shop Games

Shop No. 1

Bouncy Road	Night Walk	Quiz Show
File:Hopping Road 3DS.PNG	File:Night Walk 3DS.PNG	File:Quiz 3DS.PNG

Shop No. 2

The Dazzles	Big Rock Finish	Karate Man Kicks!
File:Dazzles 3DS.PNG	File:Big Rock Finish title 3DS.PNG	File:Karate Man Kick.PNG

Shop No. 3

Built to Scale	Double Date	Catch of the Day
File:Built to Scale Wii 3DS.PNG	File:Double Date 3DS.PNG	File:Catch of the Day 3DS.PNG

Shop No. 4

Fork Lifter	Love Rap	Bossa Nova
File:Fork Lifter 3DS title.PNG	File:Love Rap 3DS.PNG	File:Bossa Nova 3DS.PNG

Shop No. 5

Screwbot Factory	Board Meeting	Samurai Slice
File:Screwbot Factory 3DS.PNG	File:Board Meeting 3DS.PNG	File:Samurai Slice Wii 3DS.PNG

Shop No. 6

Packing Pests	Monkey Watch	Karate Man Combos!
File:Packing Pests 3DS.PNG	File:Monkey Watch 3DS.PNG	File:Karate Man Combo.PNG

Café

In the Café, the player can access (from left to right) StreetPass Terrace, Feed Goat, talk to the Barista and other characters, the Shop, Museum, Badges, Memories, and Mascots. The first two options are unlocked after clearing Lush Tower. The last three are available by talking to the Museum Curator.

Endless Games

Endless Games return in Megamix, which includes one game from each installment, and a new one of its own. They are unlocked by completing all three Trials set by the Gatekeeper Trio on that game's Gate, after which the endless version will be available in the Museum.

StreetPass Terrace

Whenever the player gets tagged by another player, the Cafe icon will display the Barista. For each player, the game displays their Mii, Flow, and Favorite Rhythm Game. Each player can be battled in Figure Fighter VS. This mode also has each character from the story to fight for those who can't use StreetPass.

Missing Games

While most games returned in Megamix, 24 didn't make the cut. The following are the games from past installments of Rhythm Heaven that did not return for Rhythm Heaven Megamix. (Arrange games whose normal variant is in Rhythm Heaven Megamix are written in bold. Remixes, Endless Games, Games, and Two-Player Games aren't listed.) Many of these Arrange games have new patterns or new cues, which also exist in Rhythm Heaven Megamix, but are never used. It is debatable how many of these were actually intended to appear in the game or were simply leftover data from the porting process.

Scrapped New Games

In the debug menu of the game and through other sources, we can see even more games were intended to be included, but for one reason or another were scrapped.^[2] For reference, the names internally use a system of categorizing games, using AGB, NTR, RVL and CTR for which installment they originate from, and S, L, A for Short, Long and Arrange games. For example, The Clappy Trio is AGBパチパチ三人衆S (agb_clap_S), The Clappy Trio 2 is AGBパチパチ三人衆L (agb_clap_L) and The Snappy Trio is AGBパチパチ三人衆A (agb_clap_A).

File:Ninja 3DS icon.png AGB忍者S (agb_tono_S^?, Ninja Bodyguard (S))
File:Flock Step 3DS icon.png RVL鳥の大群S (rvl_birds_S^?, Flock Step (S))
File:Cheer Readers 3DS icon.png RVL図書ガールズS (rvl_book_S^?, Cheer Readers (S))
File:Double Date 3DS icon.png RVLWデートS (rvl_date_S^?, Double Date (S))
File:Fork Lifter 3DS icon.png RVLくしざしS (rvl_fork_S^?, Fork Lifter (S))
File:Board Meeting 3DS icon.png RVL重役会議S (rvl_rotation_S^?, Board Meeting (S))
File:Packing Pests 3DS icon.png RVLしわけS (rvl_sort_S^?, Packing Pests (S))
File:Micro-Row 3 icon.png RVL小さないきものA (rvl_flea_A^?, Micro-Row 2 (Wii))
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTR階段キャッチA (ctr_step_A^?, Unnamed Catchy Tune arrange version)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRザ・コマンダー (ctr_commander_00^?, The Commander)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRカニカニリズム (ctr_crab^?, Crab Crab Rhythm)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRハチ (ctr_hachi^?, Bee)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRパラパラパラダイス (ctr_paradise_L^?, Para-Para-Paradise)

A most curious case is Monster Tennis モンスターテニス (Monster Tennis^?). Unused text strings (which, curiously, only exist in the Japanese version of the Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo) show it would play differently to normal Rhythm Games, somehow requiring the player to use the Wii Remote^[3], suggesting it was a scrapped project for the Wii (perhaps it was supposed to appear in Rhythm Heaven Fever) intended to be revived in this game. The player(s) have to use a tennis racket to fight monsters. Additionally, it would've featured four stages, several bosses and multiplayer.

File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRモンスターテニス00 (ctr_tennis_S00^?, Monster Tennis Stage 1)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRモンスターテニス01 (ctr_tennis_S01^?, Monster Tennis Stage 2)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRモンスターテニス02 (ctr_tennis_S02^?, Monster Tennis Stage 3)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRモンスターテニス03 (ctr_tennis_S03^?, Monster Tennis Stage 4)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRモンスターテニスマルチ00 (ctr_tennis_M00^?, Monster Tennis Multiplayer Stage 1)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRモンスターテニスマルチ01 (ctr_tennis_M01^?, Monster Tennis Multiplayer Stage 2)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRモンスターテニスマルチ02 (ctr_tennis_M02^?, Monster Tennis Multiplayer Stage 3)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png CTRモンスターテニスマルチ03 (ctr_tennis_M03^?, Monster Tennis Multiplayer Stage 4)

In the debug menu, Remixes and Gate games are after all the others.

File:Forest Remix icon.png リミックスLED(旧バージョン) (remix_LEDOld^?, Remix LED (old version))
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png リミックス実験10 (remix_Test10^?, Remix Experiment 10)
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png リミックス実験11 (remix_Test11^?, Remix Experiment 11)

Four of these aren't available in the Japanese version's debug menu.

File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png remix_BB00
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png remix_BB01
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png remix_BB02
File:Locked Game 3DS icon.png remix_BB03

Oddly, Quiz Show has three trials in this list but no Endless Game.

File:Quiz 3DS icon.png AGBクイズ（初級） (agb_quiz_00^?, Quiz Show (Saffron Trial))
File:Quiz 3DS icon.png AGBクイズ（中級） (agb_quiz_01^?, Quiz Show (Saltwater Trial))
File:Quiz 3DS icon.png AGBクイズ（上級） (agb_quiz_02^?, Quiz Show (Paprika Trial))

Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo

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The Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo (リズム天国ザ・ベスト＋体験版^?, Rhythm Tengoku: The Best+ Taikenhan), also known as the Rhythm Paradise Megamix Demo in Europe, was released on June 15th, 2016 in North America, along with the full release of Rhythm Heaven Megamix. The demo was also released on September 2nd, 2016 in Europe & Australia. It includes limited versions of the Rhythm Games and Challenge Land from the full version.

When choosing "Try Rhythm Games!" the player meets Tibby, who rapid-fires through several games.

After this, Tibby presents the player with a "Remix" featuring several games from the full version to prompt the player to purchase it. The "Challenge Land (Multiplayer)" mode contains three courses not found in the full version; however, it is not playable solo. There are also two Rhythm Games exclusive to this mode.

File:Karate Man Story icon.png Karate Man (Trial Course 1)
File:Chameleon icon.png Tongue Lashing (Trial Course 2)

Reception

This game has received a review of 34/40 on Famitsu and is known to be favorable on MetaCritic with an average score of 83.

Sales

According to a report, this game sold over 500,000 copies in Japan by the end of 2015. ^[4]. As of February 2016, the total sales in Japan reached 650,000 copies.

Trivia

There are two Challenge Train courses, where many characters are replaced with WarioWare characters. Both series are created by the same developers.
Ashley also makes a cameo in the Café as a doll.
This game currently holds the record for the most Rhythm Games total, with 104 games (not counting 4 from gates).
- However, only 31 of them are original, if short variants were count as "new".
During the real credits, the following things and characters from various games can be seen.
- The tree from Lush Remix.
- The Huebirds of Happiness from Flock Step.
- The Skill Star you can collect in every game.
- The planet from Remix 7 of Rhythm Heaven Fever.
- The Rhythm Rockets from Launch Party.
- The Space Umpire From Spaceball.
- The huge machine from Working Dough. It also shines the color of the forest.
- Play-Yan and the star from Night Walk.
- The rice ball from Spaceball.
- All the colors for each Remix.
- The Rabbits from Bunny Hop.
- The outline for the star in Star Land.
- Rhythm Heaven itself.
The minigames at lands, gates and towers are lined up by their game appearance, from oldest to newest (for example, in the Lush Tower; First is Spaceball from Rhythm Tengoku, then Dog Ninja from Rhythm Heaven, then Hole in One from Rhythm Heaven Fever and finally the new one - Sumo Brothers)
While using Simple Tap mode, a similar character to the one in Rhythm Heaven appears on the touch screen.
This the first game where games have up to three variants.
The announcer is voiced by Marianna DeFazio, returning from Rhythm Heaven Fever.
After getting all of the Badges, a button with an alien-like creature on it appears. Tapping shows a picture of some of the staff.^[5]
This is the first game where no new Prologue jingles were made, aside from remixed ones from previous games and for Remixes.
This is the second time after Rhythm Tengoku where Karate Man is the first Rhythm Game.

Trailers

Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Official Game Trailer - Nintendo E3 2016
Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Demonstration - Nintendo E3 2016
Rhythm Heaven Megamix - Reveal Trailer
Rhythm Heaven Megamix Demo Gameplay

In Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	リズム天国ザ・ベスト＋	Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
English^NOA	Rhythm Heaven Megamix
English^NOE	Rhythm Paradise Megamix
French	Rhythm Paradise Megamix
Spanish	Rhythm Paradise Megamix
Italian	Rhythm Paradise Megamix
Korean	리듬 세상 더 베스트 플러스	Rhythm World: The Best Plus

Rhythm Heaven Megamix
Rhythm Games	Earth World	Honeybee Land	• • •
		Machine Land	• • •
		The First Gate
		Citrus Land	• • •
		Donut Land	• • •
		The Second Gate
		Barbershop Land	• • •
		Songbird Land	• • •
		The Third Gate
	Lush Woods	Lush Tower	• • • •
		Honeybee Tower	• • • •
		Machine Tower	• • • •
		Citrus Tower	• • • •
		Donut Tower	• • • •
		Barbershop Tower	• • • •
		Songbird Tower	• • • •
	Heaven World	Star Land	• • •
		Comet Land	• • •
		Planet Land	• • •
		The Fourth Gate
	Mamarin Palace	Left-Hand Tower	• • • •
		Right-Hand Tower	• • • •
		Tibby's Mom	• • • •
	Shop	Shop No. 1	• •
		Shop No. 2	• •
		Shop No. 3	• •
		Shop No. 4	• •
		Shop No. 5	• •
		Shop No. 6	• •
Characters			• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Miscellaneous			Café • Figure Fighter VS • Stable • Shop • Coins • Flow Ball • Rhythm Item • Play Music • Museum • Badges • Mascots • Memories • Timing Display • Challenge Land • Perfect Campaign • The Rhythm League • Development History • Demo • Rhythm Tengoku The Best Plus Comic